How I got first 10 Github stars (with traffic stats)

I'm developing Qpackt (https://github.com/qpackt/qpackt): an open source web server with A/B testing capabilities. This is mainly to scratch my own itch, but I wouldn't mind if it got popular. There are no paid extras or anything so the easiest way to validate it is to try to get GitHub stars.

Getting the first 10 stars was a lot more difficult than I thought. I expected that I can get this within a week, and all it would take would be a few posts about my project on a couple of forums. Not so easy. So here's the list of sites I've posted about it:

1. reddit/rust. This was an easy choice since my project is mainly Rust. I wrote there twice: first about initial (0.1.0) release, then about 0.2.0 when I finished some major feature.
2. Indihackers. Yeah, I wrote here too. I presented it as a tool for A/B test (I figured solopreneurs should be really interested).
3. Polish programmers forum (4programmers.net). There was some small discussion about tech, good traffic from there.
4. Two Polish facebook groups for developers-turning-founders. One is private (invitation only), the other one is publicly available. Mixed reactions there, average traffic.
5. Reddit/sideproject and /webdev. Webdev accepts self-promotional posts on Saturdays.
6. users.rust-lang.org - very active forum mainly used for help questions, but sometimes announcements. Very little traffic from there.
7. Hackernews. That's the interesting one: Never got more than a few upvotes but a lot of traffic and repository clones.
8. Twitter. I started twitter on the first day. This is mainly for lighter and shorter posts. I have only 3 followers (btw, you can follow me here https://twitter.com/QPackt) and it feels like talking to a wall. My posts usually get 10-15 views (probably half of which is me). No engagement, some traffic.

Other stuff I did:

1. Write sensible articles and promote when possible (but don't spam). These directed traffic to my website, from there to GitHub.
2. Ask questions with links to GitHub issues / code. Honest and real, no pretending. Other developers are not stupid.

What I haven't tried yet:

1. LinkedIn
2. Product Hunt
3. Devhunt.org
4. Dev.to
5. English langugage facebook groups (for Linux users, admins, devops etc)

Traffic stats 22nd Feb - 6th March:
+------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+
| Source | Views | Unique Visitors |
+------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+
| m.facebook.com | 140 | 9 |
| qpackt.com | 79 | 11 |
| l.facebook.com | 72 | 18 |
| 4programmers.net | 71 | 5 |
| lm.facebook.com | 48 | 8 |
| reddit.com | 47 | 30 |
| github.com | 19 | 4 |
| news.ycombinator.com | 17 | 14 |
| users.rust-lang.org | 13 | 4 |
| t.co | 13 | 2 |
+------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+